Sun Jiao was resting at home that day, and Tang Yin took the initiative to come to the door and invite him to a place.

Originally, Sun Jiao didn't want to go, as a neutral faction in the DPRK, it was necessary to keep an appropriate distance from Tang Yin, but Tang Yin mentioned that the place he wanted to take him to was the place where he usually discussed court affairs with Zhu Hao, which immediately raised Sun Jiao's interest.

Tang Yin took Sun Jiao to Sixian Residence.

"This ...... Is it the place where His Majesty usually works?"

Sun Jiao looked at the plaque of Sixianju and asked with a puzzled expression.

Tang Yin smiled but did not speak.

The two entered the courtyard, and the courtyard was very quiet, and the two walked in together.

After walking for a while, Tang Yin said, "Usually Your Majesty leaves the palace, or the master of ceremonies and seals Zhang Gonggong takes it out and hands it over to Jingdao for approval, it's all here......

Hearing this, Sun Jiao's footsteps quickly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Tang Yin looked at Sun Jiao in confusion.

Sun Jiaodao: "Bohu, you shouldn't bring the old man! If such a secret place is known, even if it is not passed on by the old man, His Majesty will think that the old man deliberately leaked it, and he will not be able to argue!"

Sun Jiao had long known that Zhu Hao had commented on the Song Shu in the emperor's handwriting, but he didn't know where the specific location was, and he didn't insist on knowing it before.

As a courtier, sometimes you need to know how to advance and retreat.

It's not that Zhu Hao doesn't understand the rules, and he doesn't understand Sun Jiao, and Sun Jiao won't do anything about being criticized and provoking the handle.

I just know that there is such a thing, and I won't delve into it.

But now Tang Yin leaked it to him, and in Sun Jiao's opinion, this is taking the initiative to pull him into the water.

Tang Yin said with a smile, "It's all at this time, and Your Majesty is not afraid to leak this matter...... Besides, last year, His Majesty came here more often than he left the palace, but this year it is very rare. First of all, because of Jingdao, I went to Nanjing for more than three months at the end of last year, and then because His Majesty is now married, naturally I don't have so much heart to go out of the palace."

Sun Jiao pondered for a moment, couldn't help nodding, and then asked, "Then as long as Jingdao is in Beijing, he and His Majesty will often see each other here?"

Tang Yin didn't answer, and made a gesture of invitation, "Elder Sun, let's go inside and talk."

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Tang Yin took Sun Jiao to visit the entire Sixian Residence, the place is very spacious, especially the backyard, and even the stage is there.

Tang Yin didn't hide it, and told Sun Jiao about the fact that the emperor usually went out of the palace and would often watch the play, which made Sun Jiao worried, after all, the Zhengde Emperor in front of him was considered by the whole world to be a faint monarch, and he often ran out of the palace gate, but the specifications of the leopard room were obviously much higher than here, but now the little emperor secretly went out of the palace, and there were signs of development towards his cousin's faction, how could this make Sun Jiao feel at ease?

"Usually His Majesty and Jingdao discuss state affairs, and they are here...... Elder Sun, please take a seat."

Tang Yin took Sun to the council chamber.

There is not a lot of space here, with two tables in the middle, a desk hexagonal, and six chairs, one of which is covered with yellow cushions, which at first glance was prepared for the emperor.

The other five look the same.

There was also a table, but it was a long table, with some balls on it, and it looked very strange.

"It's ......"

Sun Jiao looked at the long table covered with green velvet and asked curiously.

Tang Yin replied with a smile: "This is a toy made by Jing Dao, called a billiard, hit the white ball with a stick, and hit the rest of the balls marked with scores into the bag, the one with the most points wins, Your Majesty will often entertain Jing Dao." In addition, if it is not used for entertainment, this table can be used as a sand table for military exercises, and in the battle in the northwest, although the Jingdao people were not in Beijing at that time, they were deduced here in advance."

Sun Jiao's nose twitched a few times, his eyes widened and said, "He is not in the capital, can he still deduce in advance?"

Tang Yin said: "Regarding the changes in the war in the northwest, Jing Dao likes to study very much, and now the Ming cavalry and the Tatar cavalry are fighting on the plains, winning less and losing more, so he will deduce the tactics of using gunpowder to attack here, and sometimes in order to deduce the progress of the war, he will stay up until late at night, even under the ...... It's also a side study."

Sun Jiao was speechless: "You mean, you led the troops to win the battle in the northwest because you learned from Jing Dao?"

Tang Yin smiled, "Yes."

Sun Jiao only then knew why Zhu Hao was so valued by Zhu Siqi, when he saw Zhu Hao go to his house for the first time, Tang Yin and Jiang Lun came to the door with their front and back feet, and when they went out, Tang Yin and Jiang Lun naturally let Zhu Hao go first, and the two of them followed behind as if they were followers, which seemed to be not unfounded.

Sun Jiao asked, "Then Anlu fought to exterminate the bandits, you always said that it was respectful and helpful to you, I don't know how to help you?"

Tang Yin smiled again, "It's the same."

Originally, Sun Jiao wanted to ask more, but as soon as he heard this, he understood, in fact, whether it was Anlu to exterminate the bandits, or to achieve a great victory in Juyongguan in the west, Zhu Hao made great contributions, and the person who formulated the comprehensive strategy has always been Zhu Hao, and Tang Yin is just an executor.

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Tang Yin left his grandson to have lunch at Sixianju.

Sun Jiao obviously has no appetite.

Tang Yin said: "It's leap April, and after Jingdao entered Yongping Mansion, he sent a message back, saying that he would arrive in Fucheng today and tomorrow, and he would make some trouble for the mine according to Yang Ge Lao's intentions......

"Wait."

Sun Jiao was going to ask for it, "You mean, before Yang Jiefu sent Jingdao to Yongping, he told him to go to the mine to make trouble?"

Tang Yin nodded: "Although the words were not taught by Yang Ge Lao face-to-face, it was conveyed by his son Yang Yongxiu in person, saying that he was asking Jingdao to find some trouble in the local area, causing conflicts between the people in the mine and the locality, so that the official would have a reason to play and order the imperial court to cancel the local mining affairs."

Sun Jiao's brows were tightly locked, obviously he did not agree with Yang Tinghe's approach, but he did not openly criticize it in front of Tang Yin.

Tang Yin said, "When Jingdao arrives at Yongping Mansion, he will create some movement."

Sun Jiao asked puzzledly, "You mean, Jingdao will go to his own people's troubles?"

"Huh."

Tang Yin said with a smile, "Shijun's Lu bears the king's worries, although Jingdao does things for His Majesty, but in fact, he is still appointed by Yang Ge Lao, when he is in Hanyuan, Yang Yongxiu also trusts him very much, if Jingdao doesn't do anything in Yongping Mansion, then the Ministry of Officials will change to a prefect, and the situation will be uncontrollable at that time."

Sun Jiao said, "Before he went, he had a complete plan, right?"

"Hmm."

Tang Yin did not hide it.

Now from the emperor to Zhu Hao, and then to the entire Xingwangfu faction officials, they all regard Sun Jiao as "their own person", and they no longer hide anything from Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiaodao: "Bohu, why do you want to tell the old man this?"

Tang Yin replied, "It's Your Majesty's will."

"Humph!"

Sun Jiao snorted lightly, "Is it Your Majesty's intention, or is it the meaning of respect? Or are you making your own decisions?"

As soon as Tang Yin saw Sun Jiao's appearance, he knew that Sun Jiao realized that he was pulling him to the boat of the Xingwangfu faction, Sun Jiao, as an assertive courtier, had been fighting for the neutral faction since he entered the court, but now it seems that Sun Jiao can no longer step away from being a bystander, and it can be said that he is getting deeper and deeper.

Tang Yin thought to himself, who made you have a good son-in-law of Jingdao?

Give you a chance to walk on the road, you still don't appreciate it?

Sun Jiao saw that Tang Yin didn't answer, and he didn't ask any more, in fact, it didn't matter whether he answered or not.

Sun Jiao has already understood that most of the things related to strategy in the new emperor system are planned by Zhu Hao, and pulling him Sun Jiao into the water is also likely to be Zhu Hao's handiwork, at that time, in front of him and his daughter Sun Lan, Zhu Hao said a lot of undisclosed secrets.

"In the afternoon, Gong Zhang's guild came over, and Elder Sun had something to do, just ask Gong Zhang." Tang Yin said.

When Sun Jiao heard this, he felt a little annoyed in his heart.

I can't help but start thinking, my grandson still wants to form his own line in the court, fight against the emperor, and act as the mainstay on behalf of Wenchen in the future, provoking the pillars of the court and politics, now it seems that there is no need to think about it, at most it is to run errands for the emperor before and after the saddle.

It seems that only his son-in-law has the opportunity to form a force.

But will the son-in-law fight the emperor?

It can't be the fate of a rabbit and a dog, right?

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In the afternoon, Zhang Zuo came.

Zhang Zuo didn't come alone, he also brought another person, and Sun Jiao felt angry when he saw it.

The man was not young, but after seeing Sun Jiao, he made a big gift to Sun Jiao: "Student Zhang Zhang, I have seen Sun Lao's department."

Sun Jiao asked in surprise, "You are Zhang Bingyong?"

"Exactly."

Zhang Xuan was polite to Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao frowned, and glanced at Tang Yin again, but seeing that Tang Yin seemed to have known about it for a long time, his expression was not shocked, so he was even more worried.

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Old Sun, today is really full of brilliance, in this Sixian residence, there are many great sages...... If only Mr. Zhu were here."

Sun Jiao listened to it and didn't think anything about it, but Zhang Xuan next to him had to pay more attention.

Even Zhang Zuo, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, has to call Zhu Hao Mr., which shows how high Zhu Hao's status is in the new imperial system.

In addition, in this Sixian residence, it seems that everyone from the celebrant eunuch to the emperor's most trusted minister Tang Yin will come, and Zhu Hao may also work here......

Zhang Xuan suddenly felt like he had touched the key to power, and his mood was extremely excited.

Zhang Zuo explained to Sun Jiao: "Bingyong is because he is about to go to Nanjing to take up his post, and before leaving, His Majesty specially asked me to bring him here to recognize the door."

Sun Jiao asked, "I don't know what kind of errand it is?"

Zhang Xuan replied, "Shaoqing of Nanjing Dali Temple."

"Hmm."

Sun Jiao nodded, "Bing uses you as an official, starting from the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate Department, I heard that you also have the merit of governing the prison in Yongping Mansion, I think this is a special arrangement for the officials to give full play to your strengths after deliberation, you should cherish this hard-won opportunity."

Zhang Xuan hurriedly said, "Thank you for the teachings of the old Sun department, the students will do their best to live up to the expectations of the old Sun department."

Sun Jiao frowned.

Although Zhang Xuan and Zhu Hao are fellow scholars, they are not young anymore, why are they so cautious? Talking like a soft bone?

Think again.

It may be that I have been in contact with people like Zhu Hao and Tang Yin for a long time, and I have forgotten that in fact, the middle and lower-level officials of the Ming Dynasty are as cautious as Zhang Xuan.

Just because Tang Yin and his son-in-law are the kind of people who are freewheeling, they can't think that everyone in the world is the same.

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "It's rare to come today, Your Majesty has orders, and everyone has a reward. Please come in with us, the gifts have already been prepared, please smile a few times."

Sun Jiao was stunned, listening to the meaning of this, not only Sun Jiao had a share, but even Tang Yin also had a share.